Lloyd Kahn is the editor-in-chiefof Shelter Publications, an independent California publisher.Shelter Publications specializes in books on buildingand architecture,as well as health and fitness.Lloyds latest book is Tiny Homes on the Move: Wheels and Water.For more info, see: www.shelterpub.comLloyd Kahn is the editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, an independent California publisher. Shelter Publications specializes in books on building and architecture, as well as health and fitness. Lloyd’s latest book is Builders of the Pacific Coast. For more info, see: www.shelterpub.com
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On Sunday I took my little (12') aluminum boat (15 hp 2-stroke Evinrude) up to Tomales Bay to go clamming. A couple of near disasters: Backing up with a trailer has always been a problem for me; you have to turn the truck in an opposite direction from from your instincts to angle the trailer correctly. So after much travail and embarrassment (all the other boat launchers did it perfectly), I got my boat trailer down the ramp and boat in water. After parking returned to find 6" of water in the boat. Forgot to put drain plug in. Estúpido numero dos. Bailed it out, headed for clam beds. The bay is beautiful, sandy beaches reachable only via water.

Sign made of license plates on Grandi Building in Pt. Reyes Station

This was my first foray with my clam gun, and I ended up getting 7 horse necks and one Washington. The gun is a piece of 4" PVC pipe with a handle and plunger that pumps mud out and gets you down to the clam without doing a lot of shoveling. This week I'm gonna practice backing up trailer in a parking lot. I'm upping my intake of food from the sea (including seaweed) these days.

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Hi Lloyd,Love your blog.Here is a tip on how to back up the trailer I learned when I worked at a rental yard.Put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel and push it in the direction you want the back of the trailer to go. Thanks for the blogs,Doug

I discovered a little trick that I use when backing up a boat trailer. This is applicable for when you are backing straight down a boat ramp. Watch your mirrors and when you start to see the trailer in one mirror or the other, steer towards that mirror. For example, you see the trailer in the right mirror, steer towards the right. For some reason, it is an easier interpretation for me.

still running a 2 stroke..? something to be said for keeping old things going but alot of oil is going out the back end into the bay..depending on the distances travel, maybe an electric trolling motor or a small 4 stroke might be considerate.. just sayin'..